Portugal at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Portugal
games=1952 Summer
competitors=71
sports=10
flagbearer=Máximo Couto (Water polo)
officials=2
gold=0
silver=0
bronze=1
total=1
rank=40

Portugal competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

A delegation of seventy one competitors participated in ten sports, with the sailing team winning the nation's only medal at these Olympics (bronze). For the first time, Portugal participated in the Gymnastics events and, also for the first time, with three female competitors.

Medalists

Bronze

* Francisco de Andrade and Joaquim Mascarenhas de Fiúza — Sailing, Star.

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's 100m:
* R. Maia — 1st round: 6th (heat 11)
* T. Salvador Paquete — 1st round: 5th (heat 5)

Men's 200m:
* E. Eleutério — 1st round: 5th (heat 5)
* F. Casimiro — 1st round: 4th (heat 15)

Men's 400m:
* F. Casimiro — 1st round: 7th (heat 6)

Men's 400m Hurdles:
* F. Fernandes — 1st round: 4th (heat 7)

Men's 4×100m Relay:
* E. Eleutério, F. Casimiro, R. Maia and T. Salvador Paquete — 1st round: 6th (heat 1)

Men's Triple Jump:
* E. Lopes — qualifiers: 13th (heat 1)
* R. Ramos — 12th (14,69)

Men's Decathlon:
* F. Fernandes — 16th (5604 points)

=Equestrian=

Men's Individual Dressage:
* A. Reymão Nogueira — 20th (429,5 points)
* Fernando Paes - 26th (346 points)
* Francisco Valadas Jr. — 21st (422 points)

Men's Team Dressage:
* A. Reymão Nogueira, Fernando Paes and Francisco Valadas Jr. — 8th (1196,5 points)

Men's Individual Eventing:
* António Pereira de Almeida — 23rd (216,2 points)
* Fernando Marques Cavaleiro — 19th (183 points)
* Joaquim Duarte Silva — 24th (218,8 points)

Men's Team Eventing:
* António Pereira de Almeida, Fernando Marques Cavaleiro and Joaquim Duarte Silva — 4th (618 points)

Men's Individual Jumping:
* Henrique Alves Calado — 16th (20 points)
* J. Alves Carvalhosa — 26th (24 points)
* J. Craveiro Lopes — 19th (20 points)

Men's Team Jumping:
* Henrique Alves Calado, J. Alves Carvalhosa and J. Craveiro Lopes — 8th (64 points)

=Fencing=

Men's Individual Épée:
* A. Pinto — 2nd round: 9th (poule 1)
* C. Pereira Dias — 2nd round: 9th (poule 3)
* M. Mourão — semi-final: 9th (poule 1)

Men's Team Épée:
* A. Pinto, C. Pereira Dias, Francisco Sousa Uva, J. Penha e Costa and M. Mourão — 1st round: 3rd (poule 4)

Men's Individual Sabre:
* J. Gouveia Pessanha — 1st round: 8th (poule 2)
* J. Pinto Ferreira — 1st round: 7th (poule 5)
* A. Andrade e Silva — 1st round: 6th (poule 7)

Men's Team Sabre:
* A. Andrade e Silva, A. Andrade Barreto, J. Gouveia Pessanha, J. Paiva e Pona Franco and J. Pinto Ferreira — 1st round: 3rd (poule 5)

=Gymnastics=

Men's Individual Competition:
* A. Araújo Leite — 178th (77,85 points)
*# Floor — 151st (15,50)
*# Rings — 159th (15,15)
*# Pommeled Horse — 157th (12,85)
*# Long Horse — 180th (11,25)
*# Parallel Bars — 177th (12,85)
*# Horizontal Bar — 174th (10,25)

* Joaquim Santa Marta Granger — 162nd (88,50 points)
*# Floor — 153rd (15,45)
*# Rings — 107th (17,05)
*# Pommeled Horse — 171st (11,30)
*# Long Horse — 178th (13,25)
*# Parallel Bars — 139th (16,25)
*# Horizontal Bar — 145th (15,20)

* M. Prazeres — 173rd (84,50 points)
*# Floor — 166th (14,75)
*# Rings — 177th (12,60)
*# Pommeled Horse — 113th (15,80)
*# Long Horse — 142nd (16,90)
*# Parallel Bars — 175th (13,15)
*# Horizontal Bar — 171st (11,30)

* M. Robalo Gouveia — 146th (93,35 points)
*# Floor — 126th (16,35)
*# Rings — 131st (16,00)
*# Pommeled Horse — 167th (11,55)
*# Long Horse — 110th (17,65)
*# Parallel Bars — 164th (14,65)
*# Horizontal Bar — 109th (16,75)

* M. Seara Cardoso — 183rd (61,50 points)
*# Floor — 159th (15,10)
*# Rings — 181st (9,80)
*# Pommeled Horse — 173rd (10,85)
*# Long Horse — 184th (5,65)
*# Parallel Bars — 179th (10,00)
*# Horizontal Bar — 176th (10,10)

* Raul Caldeira — 174th (82,80 points)
*# Floor — 129th (16,30)
*# Rings — 178th (11,10)
*# Pommeled Horse — 169th (11,45)
*# Long Horse — 172nd (14,55)
*# Parallel Bars — 173rd (13,25)
*# Horizontal Bar — 126th (16,15)

Men's Team Competition:
* A. Araújo Leite, Joaquim Santa Marta Granger, M. Prazeres, M. Robalo Gouveia, M. Seara Cardoso and Raul Caldeira — 23rd (428,65 points)

Women's Individual Competition:
* Dália Vairinho Cunha — 109th (65,08 points)
*# Floor — 113th (16,53)
*# Vault — 96th (16,50)
*# Parallel Bars — 123rd (14,69)
*# Balance Beam — 86th (17,36)

* Maria Silva Amorim — 124th (62,29 points)
*# Floor — 123rd (16,23)
*# Vault — 106th (16,20)
*# Parallel Bars — 131st (12,50)
*# Balance Beam — 86th (17,36)

* Natália Cunha e Silva — 133rd (50,16 points)
*# Floor — 133rd (14,29)
*# Vault — 128th (14,52)
*# Parallel Bars — 129th (13,79)
*# Balance Beam — 133rd (7,36)

=Modern pentathlon=

Men's Individual Competition:
* A. Lopes Jonet — 48th (210 points)
*# Horse-riding — 48 points
*# Fencing — 26 points
*# Shooting — 43 points
*# Swimming — 47 points (6:16,3)
*# Cross-country — 46 points (17:46,8)

* J. Serra Pereira — 46th (197 points)
*# Horse-riding — 21 points
*# Fencing — 48 points
*# Shooting — 31 points
*# Swimming — 49 points (7:26,2)
*# Cross-country — 48 points (18:04,2)

* R. Durão — 41st (179 points)
*# Horse-riding — 31 points
*# Fencing — 16 points
*# Shooting — 35 points
*# Swimming — 48 points (7:07,7)
*# Cross-country — 49 points (18:04,5)

Men's Team Competition:
* A. Lopes Jonet, J. Serra Pereira and R. Durão — 15th (546 points)

=Rowing=

Men's Eights:
* A. Simões Neto, C. Roque da Benta, F. Andias Fortes, J. Matos Pinheiro, J. Maia Lemos, J. Rodrigues de Paula, J. Silva Cravo, M. Cruz Regala and Z. Sarrasolas Andias — 1st repechage: 3rd (heat 1)

=Sailing=

Men's 5,5m:
* Duarte de Almeida Bello, Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello and Júlio de Sousa Leite Gorinho — 4th (4450 points)

Men's Dragon:
* A. Graça, Carlos Rogenmoser Lourenço and J. Miguez Tito — 8th (2782 points)

Men's Finn:
* Mário Quina — 17th (2787 points)

Men's Star:
* Francisco de Andrade and J. Mascarenhas de Fiuza — 3rd (4903 points)

=Shooting=

Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol:
* A. Paulino de Jesus — 44th (530)
* R. Tavares — 21st (556)

Men's 50m Rifle Prone:
* L. Howorth — 37th (393)
* J. Pereira Sampaio — 55th (381)

Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions:
* L. Howorth — 31st (1114)
* J. Pereira Sampaio — 37th (1095)

=Swimming=

Men's 100m Freestyle:
* F. Madeira — 1st round: 6th (heat 4)
* G. Duarte — 1st round: 6th (heat 7)

Men's 400m Freestyle:
* F. Madeira — 1st round: 6th (heat 8)

Men's 100m Backstroke:
* E. Barbeiro — 1st round: 6th (heat 5)
* E. Surgey — 1st round: 7th (heat 2)

Men's 200m Breaststroke:
* E. Barbeiro — 1st round: 8th (heat 6)

=Water polo=

Men's competition:
* A. Almeida, E. Barbeiro, Francisco Alves, F. Madeira, J. Pinto, J. Vale, Máximo Couto, O. Cabral and R. Basto — eliminating round (17th - 21st)

Officials

* César de Melo (chief of mission)
* G. Brito Capelo (rowing)
* M. Saraiva Lobo (rowing)

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]